Wardrobe



March 14, 1961 s. P. BELSINGER WARDROBE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 29,1957 INVENTOR.

SAMUEL P. ELSINGER BY N LK AT R/Vy .VAYA

March 14, 1961 s. P. BELSINGER WARDROBE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 29,1957 m E m SAM UEL Fi' BELSNGER BY Afam/gy Patented Mar. 14, 1961WARDROBE Samuel P. Belsinger, 840 W. Pace Ferry Road NW., Atlanta `5,Ga.

nnen Apr. 29, 1957, ser. No. 655,818

22 claims. (ci. zee- 7) This invention relates to a wardrobe, and isparticularly concerned with wardrobe containers of the type erected intoreceptacle form by the bending, folding and interleaving of the elementsof a single sheet of ber board or like material. The invention isparticularly adapted for the reception, enclosure and transportation ofgarments and especially coats and suits supported by conventional coatand suit hangers.

The art with respect to one piece, fiber board wardrobes is highlydeveloped. Nevertheless, there has remalned a tield for improvementwhereby rigidity and durability may be insured while providing enhancedmanipulation facility Vas well as insuring secure and etective supportfor the articles to be contained. More particularly, problems have beenpresented with respect to the provision of self locking features bywhich access closures may be secured without the requirement ofextraneous hardware, and yet retain adequate strength Without sacrice ofease of manipulation. There has also been demand for improved garmenthanger supports and securements to insure the arrival of garments inpresentable Wrinkle-free condition.

In the present invention. applicant has provided a novel and improvedone piece wardrobe which provides, in combination with a supporting barfor the conventional hooks of conventional garment hangers, meansautomatically operable upon the closure of the receptacle to secure thehooks against inadvertent shifting and dis,- lodgement. without beingdisarrayed by the vicissitudes of normal transportation handling isassured. This feature of the invention is provided for by interfoldedand interengaged closure edges which bear against the garment hangerhooks; and which are secured in a manner not only restraining the hooksagainst inadvertent movement but enhancing the securement of the closureflaps and the rigidity of the wardrobe. A further important feature ofthe invention may be briey defined as including a closure for an accessopening so constructed and arranged as to be securely locked in closedposition by interengagement with standard elements of such wardrobes,readily releasable and designed to materially assist in maintaining arigid conguration for the container during transportation. Theseimportant features of the invention are carried out by a novel andimproved structure well designed to meet the demands of economy ofmaterial and manufacture as well as providing for material improvementin strength, rigidity and durability.

It will therefore be seen that it is among the primary objects of thepresent invention to provide a novel, simple andV improved wardrobeparticularly adapted for the enclosure and protection of garments duringtransportation. More speciiically, it is among the objects to provide ina device of the character described including novel and improved meansfor supporting garment hangers, means which provide for the securernentof the hangers against inadvertent displacement and disengagementthereof.

Thus delivery of garments undisturbed and Another objectof the inventionis to provide a novel and improved enclosure operable to engage thehangers to prevent dislodgement therefrom and to provide a novel andimproved rigid transverse bracing arrangement materially improving thestructural rigidity of the wardrobe when closed for transportation. Y

It is also an object to provide a wardrobe including an access panelwhich will assist in exposing the contents for ready insertion andremoval, said panel being readily engageable and disengageabie withassociated structure to provide securement thereof without requiringextrinsic securing elements and in a manner to maf4 terially enhance therigidity of the structure when the panel isV in closed position.

Numerous other objects, features and advantagesof the present inventionwill be apparent from consideration of the following specilication takenin conjunction with the accompaying drawing, in which:

Fig. i is a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention showingthe wardrobe opened for the reception and/ or withdrawal of garmentswith respect thereto.

Fig. Z is a similar perspective view showing the wardrobe closed.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical cross section taken on line 3--3 ofFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section, the center portion broken away,taken online 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the wardrobe is to beerected.

Pig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the garment hanger bar of theinvention.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view showing hangers mounted on tbebar and retained in position by the cover elements.

In the present form of the invention, the wardrobe is disclosed asgenerally rectangular in both vertical and transverse section, the rearwall 10 of the wardrobe is `formed from the intermediate panel, bearinga like numeral, of the blank disclosed in Fig. 5. The panel 10 definesthe height and width of the container; however, variations in height,width or depth, and the ratios therebetween, are of course contemplated,and the invention is in no way limited to any suggestions with respectthereto which may be gathered from the present disclosure. The materialfrom which the container of the present invention is to be erected mayvary widely as dictated by special circumstances. in that form of theinvention now in commercial use, the sheet material of the blank of Fig.5 is of three ply paper with intervening corrugated elements. One of thefeatures oi the present structure is that the arrangement is such as toavoid the necessity of any taping or adhesive securement of elements inthe erection of the container from the blank. The intersecurement ofparts as by stapling is maintained at a minimum. The construction andarrangement is also such as to require a minimum of tapes or othersecuring means in the sealing and securernent of the wardrobe forshipment.

The opposed parallel sides 1l and 12. of the wardrobe are formed by aright angular bending of the panelsV of the blank of Fig. 5, which bearlike numeral identitications, forwardly and at right angles to the rearwall y19 along the vertical fold lines i3 and le, respectively. Thefront of the container is divided in two parts to form cooperatingsections constituted by the upper access panel 15 forming a closure foran access opening formed when the panel 15 is hingedly moved to openposition on its fold line 17, and the lower fixed panel 16. Both ofthese paneis 15 and "in are formed integral with theV panel 12 and areadapted to be bent at right angles thereto along the fold line 17 ofFig. 5. A horizontal cut 18 divides 2,974,779 A l i f f 3 the upperaccess panel 15 from the lower panel 16 and the outer edges 19 and 20,respectively, of the panels 15 and 16 are at the left hand front cornerof the wardrobe.

The bottom of the receptacle is adapted to be closed by a doublethickness ofthe blank material by means of internally positionedtransverse closure tlaps 21 and 22 which are formed as integral lowerend extensions of the rear panel and the front panel 16, respectively,these aps being inwardly foldable to lie in the same plane by creasingon the fold lines 23 and 24, respectively, 'Ihe Vlongitudinal terminaledges of the flaps 21 and 22 are formed with cooperating narrow flanges25'and 26, respectively, which are adapted to be folded inwardly alongtheir fold lines 27 and 28, respectively, in the manner best shown atthe lower portion of Fig. 4. This inward folding of anges 25 and 26provides for their contact as shown whereby they jointly constitute agenerally V- shaped bottom reinforcement and strengthening rib whichgives material `and substantial aid to the rigidity of the erectedwardrobe. The outer surface of the bottom of the wardrobe is formed bythe inward folding of the bottom closure tlap 31 and 32, formed asintegral extensions of the panels 11 and 12, respectively. Flaps 31 and32 are foldable along fold lines 33 and 34 of Fig. 5. Flap 31 isseparated from the similarly extending flap 21 of the rear panel 1Q by acut line 35 of the blank, while the tlap 32 is similarly separated fromboth flaps 21 and 22 by its cut lines 35 of the blank.

'From the foregoing discussion it will be seen that the wardrobe may besimply and conveniently erected by folding the side panels 11 and 12along their fold lines 13 and 14 to aposition in a plane normal to theplane of the rear panel 10, and by then folding the front panels and 16inwardly with respect to the panel 12 along the fold line 17 to a planenormal to the then normally disposed plane of the panel 12 with respectto the rear panel 10. Thus the panels 15 and 16 will be in a positionparallel to the rear panel 10 and spaced therefrom the distance definedby the width of the side panels 11 and 12. While the flaps 21, 22, 31and 32 may have been previously folded inwardly to planes normal totheir associated panels 10, 16, 11 and 12, it may be assumed, forclarity of the present description of erection, that such flaps wereretained in the open position, parallel with their panels, during thefolding of the panels by which the rectangular outline of the body ofthe wardrobe is achieved in themanner above noted. With the folding Vofthe panels as suggested, the outer edges 19 and 20 of the front panels15 and 16, respectively, will be brought Vinto right angular abutmentwith the fold lines 33 and 34 at the outer edge of the panel 11. Thesefold lines 33' and 34' define separate upper and lower flanges 36 and37, respectively, integrally formed as lateral extensions of the sidepanel 11 and are separated by a transverse dividing cut 38 to permitindependent inward folding of ,the flanges to a plane normal to that ofpanel 11. In Vthe erection it is contemplated that the lower front panel16 will be inwardly folded to parallelism with the rear panel 10 priorto the inward folding of the lower flange flange 37 vof the panel 11.Thus the flange 37 may be Ainwardly folded to a plane normal to that ofthe panel 11 overlying the outer face of the edge of the lower panel 16.Securement of the panels in this rectangular relationship is preferablyprovided by the use of staples, indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 by thenumeral 39, which secure the overlying flange 37 fixed over vthe outerfree edge 20 of the lower fixed front panel 16.

An important feature of the invention is the location ofthe `cut 3Sbetween flanges 36 and 37 in spaced relation to the cut 18 between themovable panel 15 and the fixed panel 16. Hence with the panels engagedin the rectangular relation referred to by the securement of the llange37 there is formed a vertically extending terminal tab 40 of the ilange37 which extends beyond 'the upper edge of the lower panel 16 and thusin the path of the lower free corner of thernovable panel 15.

This important feature of the present invention provides for the lockingof the movable panel 15 in closed position, as indicated in Fig. 2, bythe engagement of its lower -left hand corner, as indicated at 41 behindthe upward projection of the tab 40. In so closing the front of thecontainer it will be seen that the upper flange por tion 36 is disposedbehind the outer left hand edge of the movable panel 15. Thus themovable panel of the front may be conveniently secured or releasedwithout necessity of separate securing means, the tab 40 providing thesecurementof the panel 15 in closed position against inadvertent oraccidental opening. In this relation the upper edge of the lower fixedpanel provid a supporting edge to edge contact for the lower edge ofthe'upper movable panel.

The upper end of the wardrobe may be closed in a manner similar to thebottom by the inward folding of flaps 54 and 55 along the fold lines 56and 57, respectively, to planes normal to their attached panels 10 and15, respectively. Similar to the anges 25 and 26, the llaps 54 and 55are provided with terminal edge flanges 58 and 59 which may be foldedalong the fold lines 60 and 61 to form inwardly extending ange elements,as shown more clearly in Figs. 3 and 4, which elements are adapted tointerengage and form a transverse supporting rib in the manner of theflanges 25 and 26 herein before described. While llanges 25 and 26provide a very convenient and economical transverse central reinforcingrib at the bottom of the wardrobe, the upper flanges 58 and 59 form afurther important function hereinafter discussed. The side panels 11 and12 are provided with extending flaps 50 and 51which may be in wardlyfolded along the fold lines 52 and 53, respectively, to la positionnormal to the plane of the side panels so as to extend inwardlytransversely of the wardrobe to coplanar position overlying the aps 54and 55.

For supporting hangers such las those of theconventional wire type,indicated by the numeral 65 in Figs. 3 and 6, there is provided aninverted channel-shaped bar 66, illustrated in perspective in Fig. 6.The bar 66 is preferably formed at its ends with return bent hookshaving an integral vertical llange 67, ya return bent bight portion 68and an outer downwardly extending flange 69 which is parallel with theliange 67. To accommodate the hook ends of the bar 66 so that the barmay be internally fitted transversely of the wardrobe and adequatelysupported by the side walls thereof, cut-out portions 70 are provided ineach of the end ilaps 50 and 51, this cut-out portion having verticalend portions and =a transverse edge spaced outwardly but parallel to thefold lines 52 and 53, the distance between the ends being approximatelyequal to -the width of the hooks of the bar 66. The material defined bythe cuts 70 is adapted to be folded inwardly yagainst the side panels toprovide a double thickness of blank material to be engaged within `thehook between the portions 67 and 69 and to provide 'thereof with topclosure support brackets or clamping means, here shown as two in number,and each including 'upwardly standing sides 75 terminating at theirupper end in outwardly turned bearing flanges 76 which are disposedsubstantially in the plane in which the bight 63 of the end hooks isdisposed, and corresponding to the top edge `of the sides. Thisarrangement is such that as the flaps 54 and 55 are folded downwardly toclose the upper end of the wardrobe they will rest upon the bearingsurfaces 76 to preclude an inward movement of the closure ends 54 and 55beyond the plane of the fold lines 56 and '57 thereof. In the topclosure of the wardrobe, the function of the transverse anges 57 Vand 5Sis more than the `mere provision of a transverse reinforcement Aacrossthe top of the wardrobe. These flanges, being turned inwardly to a planenormal to the plane of the remainder of the flaps 54 and 55, may beretained between the sides 75 of the support brackets so as to bearagainst the top of the hook portion of the hangers 65 in such manner asto preclude an inadvertent movement of the hangers supported by the bar66. In considering this retention of the hooks of the coat hangers, itwill be understood that the hanger hooks may be retained againstinadvertent movement on the bar66 by other material positioned betweenand retained by the side 75 of the brackets of the hanger bar. In thepresent form of the invention the anges $7 and 58 provide for thisretention of the hooks, and in addition form an integral portion of thewardrobe blank and contribute to the strength and rigidity thereof byconstituting a two-part transverse supporting flange, as hereinbeforereferred to.

By the construction here shown it will be seen that with the wardrobeerected, garments may be conveniently positioned on the bar by the useof conventional coat hangers, and that the front panel may be openedl tofacilitate the insertion and removal of such garments. When the wardrobeis to be closed, the upper front panel may be conveniently pivoted onits fold line with its lower free corner 41 engaged under the tab 40 toretain the same against accidental displacement. The flaps 54 and 55 maythen be folded on their fold line's across the top of the wardrobe withinwardly turned flanges engaged and secured between the side of thesupporting member 75 and with their edges in close engaging andrestraining contact with the upper edges of garment hanger hooks whichmay have been arranged on the bar 66. It will be noted that the bar 66is adequately supported by extension through the cut-out 70 and isretained `against undue abrasion and rupture of the material of thewardrobe by the return fold of the ap 72 of the cut-out 7). The wardrobeis fully closed by the inner bending of the aps 50 and 51, and theclosures may be retained in a suitable manner as by adhesive tape,stapling or encirclement by twine if so desired.

From the foregoing, it will be Aseen that the present invention providesa novel, simple and improved Wardrobe which may be readily erected andcollapsed. In particular, the invention provides a novel and improvedlatching means for a. front opening panel without the 1 necessity ofextraneous securing elements and without utilization of the blank formor requiring the use of protruding form elements. The invention alsoprovides novel means for adequately supporting a hanger bar withoutdanger of mutilation of the wardrobe, and further provides novel andimproved means by which hangers may be retained on the bar againstaccidental displacement, shifting or dislodgement despite rough handlingof the Wardrobe during transportation. Considering these features of thepresent invention, it will be understood that such feautres may beindividually applied in wardrobes and like containers and that thecombination thereof as here presented is not essential to the use of theindependent inventive concepts disclosed. In the practice of theinvention, numerous changes, modications and the full use of equivalentsmay be resorted to without departure from the spirit o r scope of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A Wardrobe including a divided front formedof a front hinged accesspanel and a front fixed panel, with a dividing cut therebetween, a rearpanel, a side panel formed integral with said rear panel and both ofsaid front panels, a second side panel formed integral with said rearpanel and parallel to the first mentioned side panel, a divided securingflange formed on one edge of said second mentioned side panel, said angehaving a portion adapted to be folded under the access panel and aportion adapted to be folded over said xed front panel,

there being provided a division cut between said portions verticallyspaced from 'e division between vsaid front panels whereby a tab isformed adapted to overlie a portion of the edgeof said access panel,rand means for permanently securing that portion of the front angeoverlying the fixed front panel in fixed relation to said front panel.

2. in a wardrobe, a divided front formed of a front hinged access panel.and a front xed panel, with a dividing cut therebetween, 'a rear panel,a side panel formed integrally with said rear panel and both of saidfront panels, a second side panel formed integrally with said rear paneland parallel to the rst mentioned side panel, a divided securing angeformed on one edge of. said second mentioned side panel, said iiangehaving a portion under the access panel and a portion over said fixed`front panel, there being provided a division cut between said portionsof said securing flange located above the division between said frontpanels whereby a tab is formed overlying a portion of the edge of saidaccess panel, and means securingvthat portion of the front flangeoverlying the fixed front panel in xed relation to said iixed frontpanel, a hanger bar mounted across said wardrobe, means connected tocertain of said panels for supporting said hanger bar, said barincluding intermediate clamping means and means carried by said accesspanel and engageable by said clamping means, whereby said last mentionedmeans retains hooks of coat hangers to restrain said hangers againstinadvertent movement.

3. Ina wardrobe, a divided front panel having separate upper and lowerpanels, a rear panel, a pair of parallel side panels joining said frontand rear panels, a divided securing ange formed along one edge of one ofsaid side panels, a hanger bar mounted across one end of said wardrobeand inwardly spaced therefrom, said bar including intermediate bracketshaving side pieces extending outwardly toward one end of said wardrobe,and an end closure including a pair of closure flaps of equal size andshape formed as integral extensions of the panels of one of said pairsand being folded to a plane normal therewith, the terminal longitudinaledges of said flaps being folded inwardly to form internal reinforcingribs, said ribs being engaged between the brackets of said bar to beretained in position with their free edges engaging the hooks of coathangers mounted on said bar whereby said hangers are restrained againstinadvertent movement, together with closure flaps formed as integralextensions of the other pair of panels folded over the outer faces ofsaid iirst mentioned aps.

4. In a Wardrobe, a front panel, a rear panel, opposite side panelsextending between said front and rear panels and engaging said rearpanel, a hanger bar supported between said opposite panels and extendingacross said wardrobe adjacent one end thereof, said bar including meansat the ends thereof engaging said opposite side panels, opposed ilangesextending upwardly from said bar, the ends of said flanges terminatingin substantially the same plane with the upper ends of said panels, andmeans carried by said wardrobe extending along the upper surface of saidbar and between said anges for engaging the hooks of coat hangersmounted on said bar to restrain said hangers against inadvertentmovement.

5. in a Wardrobe adapted to be mounted in an upright position to receiveand retain for shipment articles of clothing on a plurality ofindividual hangers, a plurality of panels defining a closure andcharacterized by a top, a front panel, a rear panel and opposed sidepanels, the edges of said side panels being connected to the edges offront panel and said rear panel, a hanger har extending across theinterior of said wardrobe for supporting the hooks of said hangers,means on the ends of said bar for respectively gripping at least onepair vof the aforesaid panels, said bar being spaced downwardly andsubstantially parallel to the plane of the upper edges ofthe aforesaidpanels, and means carriedV by said top extending across the uppersurface of said bar for engaging the hooks of said hangers to retainsaid hooks in place on said bar.

6. In a wardrobe, opposed side panels, a rear panel, a front panelfoldably secured to one of said side panels, a ap extending from theupper edge of said front panel and integrally formed therewith, said apextending in a plane across the upper area of said wardrobe, a angeextending across said ap, said flange having an outer edge, and a hangerbar extending between said side panels .and spaced downwardly from saidplane of said flap,

said ange extending inwardly within said wardrobe with said outer edgethereof extending adjacent said hanger bar when said front panel isclosed.

7. In a wardrobe, opposed side panels, a rear panel, a front panelfoldably secured to one of said side panels, a ap extending from theupper edge of said front panel and integrally formed therewith, saidflap extending in a plane across the upper area of said wardrobe, ailange extending across the end of said flap, said flange having astraight outer edge, ia hanger bar extending between said side panelsand spaced downwardly from said plane of said flap, said flangeextending inwardly within said wardrobe with said outer edge thereofextending adjacent s'aid hanger bar, and bracket means on said hangerbar for engaging said flap.

' 8. In a wardrobe, opposed side panels, a rear panel, a front panelfoldably secured to one of said side panels, a flap extending from theupper edge of said front panel and integrally formed therewith, said apextending in a plane partially across the upper area of said wardrobe, aange extending across the end of said ilap, said ange having a straightouter edge, a hanger bar extending between said side panels and spaceddownwardly from said plane of said ap, said ange being adapted to extendinwardly within said wardrobe with said outer 'edge thereof extendingadjacent said hanger bar, a second flap extending from the upper edge ofsaid rear panel toward said rst mentioned ap in substantially the sameplane therewith, and a second ange extending across the edge of saidsecond flap, said second flange extending inwardly of said wardrobe withits outer edge adjacent said hanger bar.

9. In a wardrobe, a body formed of panels dening a space for receivingarticles of clothing on hangers therein, a bar for receiving saidhangers, said bar being spaced from the plane of the upper edges of saidpanels, a pair of opposed aps secured to the upper edges of opposedpanels, anges along respectively adjacent edges of said aps, saidilanges extending adjacent said bar thereby {to retain the hooks ofclothes hangers between said bar land said anges,

1G. In a wardrobe, a body formed of panels dening a space for receivingarticles of clothing on hangers therein, a hanger bar extending betweenopposed panels, a top flap foldably secured to one of said panels andfolded over the upper end of said wardrobe and means on said iiap forprojecting inwardly of said wardrobe to engage said hangers when saidiiap is folded as aforesaid.

11. In a wardrobe, a body formed of panels delining a Space forreceiving articles of clothing on hangers therein, a hanger barextending between two of the aforesaid panels and spaced downwardly fromthe upper end -thereof, a -top flap foldably secured to one of saidpanels folded over the upper end of said wardrobe, means having a width1about equal to the space between said bar and the folded ap projectinginwardly to iill the space between said flap and said bar to engage saidhangers, and means extending from said hanger bar and engaged .by saidiiapl 12. In a wardrobe, a body formed of opposed panels defining aspace for receiving articles of clothing on ,hangers therein, a hangerbar extending between said opposed panels, a top iiap foldably securedtoV one `of said panels and folded over the `upper end of said wardrobe,means projecting into the space dened by said panels to engage saidhangers, and opposed brackets on said hanger bar intermediate the endsthereof and between which said means projects.

13. In an article of the class described, a hanger bar, supporting meanson the ends of said hanger bar, an opposed spaced pair of bracketsextending from an intermediate portion of said hanger bar, the spacebetween said pair of brackets being about equal to the width of saidhanger bar, and flanges extending from each of said brackets in a planeparallel to the plane of said hanger bar, whereby a rectangular membermay be removably retained between said brackets and against said bar.

14. In an article of the class described, a channel member defining ahanger bar adapted to receive hanger hooks over the web portion of saidchannel member, securing means on the endsV of said hanger barcharacterized by vertical anges secured to the ends of said channelmember, return bend bight portions and outer downwardly extendingflanges adjacent to the aforesaid ilanges, and transversely spacedparallel brackets secured to the sides of said channel member andextending beyond said web portion, whereby a rectangular member may beremovably -retained between said brackets and against said bar.

l5. In an article of the class described, a hanger bar, a plurality ofparallel brackets extending in the same `direction from intermediateportions of said hanger bar, said brackets being spaced bothtransversely and longitudinally of said hanger bar, and means forsupporting said hanger bar, said brackets extending outwardly of saidhanger bar in said spaced relationship, whereby a rectangular member maybe removably retained between said brackets and against said bar.

16. A wardrobe defining a closure having a hinged panel adapted to bemoved in a normal path about a hinged portion from an open position to aclosed position whereby the hinged panel overlaps a portion of thewardrobe when the hinged panel is in its closed position, a tab mountedon the wardrobe and projecting into the normal path of travel of acorner of the hinged panel opposite the hinged portion, there beingprovided suficient space between the tab and overlapped portion Vtoreceive therebetween the corner of the panel, and means for securing aportion of the panel remote from both said corner and the hinged portionof the panel in a closed position.

17. In a wardrobe, a front panel, an opposed rear panel, opposed sidepanels extending between and engaging said front and rear panels, ahanger bar between opposing panels and extending across said wardrobe,means for supporting said hanger bar between said opposing panelswhereby said hanger bar is adapted to support hooks of coat hangers,said bar including bracket means iixed thereto and extending outwardlytoward one end of said wardrobe, and means retained by said bracketmeans ,for engaging said hooks on said hanger bar to restrain said hooksagainst inadvertent movement.

18. In a wardrobe, a front panel and a rear panel parallel with saidfront panel, said front and rear panels constituting one pair ofconforming panels, parallel side panels joining said front and rearpanels, a hanger bar mounted across one end of said wardrobe, means forsupporting said hanger bar, said means being engaged and Asupported, bysaid pair of conforming panels, said hanger bar being inwardly spacedfrom one end of said wardrobe, an end closure including a pair ofclosure flaps formed as integral extensions of the front and backpanels, said aps extending in a plane normal to all of said panels, theterminal longitudinal edges of said iiaps extending inwardly andinterengaging to form reinforcing ribs, whereby the free edges of saidribs engage hooks of coat hangers mounted on said bar to restrain saidhangers against inadvertent movement.

19. A wardrobe including adivided front panel formed of a front hingedaccess panel, with a division cut therebetween, a rear panel, a sidepanel formed integrally with said rear panel and both said front panels,a second side panel formed integrally with said rear panel and parallelto the irst mentioned side panel, a securing ange formed on one edge ofsaid second mentioned side panel and secured to one surface of saidiixed front panel, a portion of said securing ange projecting beyondsaid ixed panel whereby a tab is formed adapted for overly- 4ing aportion of the edge of said access panel.

20. The structure defined in claim 19 including means remote from saidtabe for securing said front panel in a closed condition.

21. The structure dened in claim 19 including a ap projecting from saidaccess panel and folded over the end of said Wardrobe, `and means onsaid ap for retaining said access panel in a closed condition.

10 22. The structure defined in claim 19 including a hanger bar carriedby said side panels and means extending from said access panel andremovably engaging said hanger bar for retaining said access panel in aclosed condition.

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